Sheikh Hasina wanted to use force at the last moment
Sheikh Hasina wanted to retain power through extra force and
more bloodshed even at the end. Before leaving the country, he pressured the
top officials of various state forces for about an hour from 10:30 a.m. on
Monday. However, he did not want to accept that the situation was completely
out of control. Later, after persuasion with family members, he agreed to
resign. After that, Sheikh Hasina resigned as soon as possible and secretly
left the country with her sister Sheikh Rehana in a military helicopter.
An account of the last four hours of Sheikh Hasina's
resignation has been received from multiple sources. According to the latest
information, he reached Delhi via Agartala in Tripura state of India. He is
likely to go to UK from there.
Sheikh Hasina could not handle the movement of the students
and the people even after bringing down the armed party workers and causing
widespread conflict and loss of life all over the country on Sunday. However,
after realizing the situation, some leaders including one of her advisers tried
to convince Sheikh Hasina on Sunday night. They are said to have suggested
handing over power to the army. But he did not want to accept it; Instead, he
asked to tighten the curfew from Monday (yesterday). Although initiatives were
taken to tighten the curfew from dawn, the agitators started breaking the
curfew at various places after 9 am. By 10 o'clock, the gathering started to
grow in different places of Dhaka.
According to several high-level sources of various forces,
the chiefs of the three forces and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) were
called to the Prime Minister's residence, Gana Bhaban, around 10:30 am. He
expressed his anger as to why the security forces are not able to handle the
situation. He also expressed his anger as to why they are not being strict with
the agitators climbing on the armored vehicles of the law and order forces and
painting them red, even climbing on the military vehicles. Apart from this, he
also mentioned that these officials have been appointed to the top positions.
At one stage, Sheikh Hasina pointed to the IGP and said that
they (police) are doing well. Then the IGP said that the situation has reached
such a level that it is not possible for the police to maintain such a strict
position for a long time.
At that time, the top officials tried to explain that this situation cannot be handled by force. But Sheikh Hasina did not want to accept that. Then the officials discussed with Sheikh Rehana in another room. She asked him to explain the situation to Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Rehana then discussed with elder sister Sheikh Hasina. But he is determined to hold on to power. At one point, a top official also spoke to Sajeeb Wazed Joy who was abroad. Then Joy talks to her mother. Then Sheikh Hasina agreed to resign. He then wants to record a speech to be broadcast to the nation.
By then intelligence was received that a large number of
students had left from Shahbagh and Uttara towards Gana Bhavan. Considering the
distance, it is estimated that the agitators can move from Shahbagh to
Ganabhaban within 45 minutes. If the speech is allowed to be recorded, the time
to leave the public house may not be available. In this consideration, Sheikh
Hasina was allotted 45 minutes without giving the time to record the speech.
After that, Sheikh Hasina came to the helipad at the old
airport of Tejgaon with her younger sister Rehana. Some of their luggage was
picked up there. Then they went to Bangabhaban. After completing the
resignation ceremony there, Sheikh Hasina flew to India in a military
helicopter along with her younger sister.
It is reported that the helicopter took off shortly after
entering Indian airspace. Later landed at a BSF helipad in Agartala. Then there
is news in the Indian media that he went to Delhi.
According to a report in India Today, Sheikh Hasina landed
at the Indian Army's Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) near New
Delhi at 5:36 local time. An officer of the Indian Army welcomed him. It is
said that he can go to London from there.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime
Minister for the fourth consecutive time on January 11 this year. Before that,
he served as the Prime Minister in 1996 through the election of the Seventh
National Parliament. When BNP won the election in 2001, Awami League joined the
opposition party. Then Sheikh Hasina became the leader of the opposition in the
parliament.
After that, Sheikh Hasina became the prime minister after
winning the 9th National Parliament election in 2008 under the caretaker
government. After five years in 2014 unilateral election. 153 MPs became
unopposed. The opposition parties did not participate in that election (tenth
parliament); Sheikh Hasina and her allies formed the government together. In
2018, he became the Prime Minister again through the controversial 11th
National Parliament elections.
The election came to be known as the 'night vote' due to
widespread allegations of ballots being sealed the previous night. And the
opposition parties did not participate in the 12th National Parliament election
in January this year. He became the prime minister again through a 'dummy'
competition by running independent candidates of his own party leaders. The
opposition termed this election as 'dummy election'. Within seven months of
this, Sheikh Hasina resigned in the face of student agitation and public protests
and left the country by helicopter.
